Showing posts with label Beijing Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beijing Olympics. Show all posts

Friday, August 22, 2008

Where's the Golden Boy's dad?

The ditzy momma is currently an angry momma. Okay, not really angry but pissed. Okay. Okay. I’m just being OA. Here’s the story.

Let’s go to the Beijing Olympics. Peepz who watched thoroughly as Michael Phelps made history in the world Olympics, you would have observed that every time he won, his mom was shown at the sidelines cheering and basking in the euphoria of his victory. Her two older sisters were also always there watching their li’l bro reaping gold after gold. But someone was missing in action. Do you know who?

Michael’s dad, Fred Phelps.

Where is he? We don’t really know. He could be home watching his son made history or he may be somewhere else doing some other stuff. But this we know, he has been missing a lot.

Michael’s parents divorced when he was 9 and his dad has since remarried. And just as any lame dad would do, he had made a little contact with his son. In the 2004 Olympics, Michael said that his dad didn’t even congratulate him when he made his first Olympic world record. How crude.

Well, it’s okay to divorce or get separated with your partner but you should never ever deprive your own flesh and blood their right to have a father.

But who’s reaping all the goods that come with the golds and the fame of Michael Phelps? Of course his mom, the rightful one. His dad? He reasons out in an interview that he does not want the limelight to veer away from Michael so he would not say anything, but in reality, I think he is just too ashamed of himself and to himself for being a useless biological father.

So there, the reason of my OA-ness today. Haha!

Thursday, August 14, 2008

meet the Beijing Olympics heartthrobs

He's mysterious. And by mysterious, I really mean mysterious. His identity is being strictly safeguarded but he nonetheless captured the hearts of many. He is...






otherwise known as the "Second Brother on the Right" in reference to his position from the torch. He was one of the guardians of the torch that made its round around the world. The mystery shrouding his identity is probably the reason why ladies the world over are swooning and proposing marriage to him.





And this one is undeniably THE star of the Beijing Olympics--MICHAEL PHELPS! Critics are saying that the swimming competition in the olympics is just a fight for the second best. While Phelps has dove and emerged from the water and taken his snack, other olympians have yet to reach the finish line.



This 23-year tanker had his first 6 olympic medals in the 2004 olympics. Yesterday, he has set a record for being the most decorated or having the most olympic gold medals of all time when he snatched his 11th gold. Phelps is also on a mission to dethrone fellow American Mark Spitz for having the most gold medal in one olympics. Spitz had 7. Now do the math.


And last and definitely not the least...MANNY PACQUIAO!


Who could cause such commotion as send NBA big stars Kobe Bryant and LeBron James out of their ranks to have their pictures taken with him than the PACMAN? Definitely, an Olympic heartthrob!

Friday, August 8, 2008

Let the Games Begin--HERE!

This is where it will happen on 08-08-08 at 08:08:08 pm.
















Ain't the Bird's Nest gorgeous?

The most expensive olympics--the Beijing Olympics, is happening exclusively here. It was designed by Swiss architects Herzog & Meuron who used the analogy of a bird's nest for the stadium. When it was presented, the Chinese jury was impressed perhaps because the bird's nest in China is very expensive and extremely healthy, served only during special occasions. And here it is now, served on the most special occasion in China for the century--the olympics.

Here are some tidbits about this beauty:
· Start of construction: Dec 2003
· Roof completion - Oct 2006
· Stadium completion - End of 2007
· Gross floor area - 258.000 square meters
· Seat capacity - 80.000 (11.000 temporary seats will be added after the 2008 Olympics.
· Structure - 36km of unwrapped steel length
· Height - 69,2m above pitch level